8.8 Tags Learned in this Chapter
c:import Imports data from any URL and stores it in a variable
Parameters:
url: The URL to load
var: The name of the variable in which the data should be stored
Body: Optional; if present, may be any number of c:param tags, whose values will
be sent to the named URL
x:parse Transforms an XML document to an internal form that can be used by
other tags
Parameters:
xml: An expression specifying where the XML text is stored
var: The name of the variable in which the resulting internal form should be
stored
Body: If no xml parameter is specified, the XML text may be put in the body.
x:out Displays a value
Parameters:
select: An XPath expression to be evaluated and displayed
Body: Arbitrary JSP code
x:forEach Repeats a section of the page for every item in an array
Parameters:
items: An expression specifying the array to use, most likely a bean property
var The name of the variable with which each element in the array will be
referred
Body: Arbitrary JSP code
x:if Conditionally includes a portion of the page
Parameters:
test: An expression that should be a logical test of a property, which may
include XPath elements
var: if present, names a variable in which the result of the expression will be
stored
Body: Arbitrary JSP code
x:choose Includes one of several portions of a page
Parameters: None
Body: Arbitrary number of x:when tags and, optionally, one x:otherwise tag;
nothing else is permitted
x:when One possibility for an x:choose tag
Parameters:
test: An expression that should be a logical test of a property, which may
include XPath elements
Body: Arbitrary JSP code
x:otherwise The catch-all possibility for an x:choose tag. If none of the
expressions in the when tags evaluate to true, the body of the otherwise will be
included.
Parameters: None
Body: Arbitrary JSP code
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